On January 13 2026, the SCIANCE project has its official kick-off meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
SCIANCE (AI in Science) will support the development of Resource for AI Science in Europe (RAISE) and coordinate AI-enabled scientific research across Europe through a bottom-up approach. The project mobilises leading European scientific organisations and research infrastructures across five pilot areas – fundamental physics and astronomy, materials science, life science, earth sciences, and social sciences and humanities – together with AI research centres and e-infrastructures. SCIANCE will identify AI-in-science research and innovation priorities and pilot the structure of the RAISE Secretariat for AI in science.
SCIANCE key outcomes include:
- a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for AI in Science
- an implementation roadmap for infrastructure upgrades
- and the RAISE Secretariat for AI in science, to support long-term collaboration, capacity building, and alignment with European policy objectives.
“SCIANCE represents a unique opportunity to coordinate AI-enabled science across Europe – connecting research communities, infrastructures and AI expertise in a way that truly reflects scientific priorities,” says Jonas L’Haridon, Project Coordinator, ESF.
The SCIANCE consortium includes 13 leading European organisations and research infrastructures: ESF, EGI Foundation, OpenAIRE AMKE, CNR, Euro-BioImaging ERIC, EMBL, CU, MU, UT-ITC, Nikhef, DFKI, SZTAKI, and BDVA.